In October 2009, Connecticut began borrowing from the federal government because the state's Unemployment Insurance Trust Fund was running out of money.

So many people were filing for unemployment benefits because of the economic downturn that the jobless benefits the state was paying out far exceeded what it was taking in from employers for the trust fund.

Connecticut wasn't alone, of course. In all, as of Jan. 3, 19 states and the U.S. Virgin Islands owed the federal government a combined $27.2 billion borrowed from the Federal Unemployment Account, according to the U.S. Department of Labor's Employment and Training Administration.

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